I live near a border town with a no sales tax state. The comparable town on the no tax side of the line has seen increased growth for the 20 years I've been sho

I live near a border town with a no sales tax state. The comparable town on the no tax side of the line has seen increased growth for the 20 years I've been shopping here. The town on my side of the line just opened it's 18th empty storefront on the two main roads I town. It's not the sales tax that kills the town, it's the close neighbor without it. Obviously it's not just sales tax. The real estate on my town is owned almost entirely by two people. One with a lucrative housing contract with the prisons re-integration program. A great idea but not when captured by cronyism.